On a quest to eliminate plastic from our food

March 12, 2024

PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO, I fell down many a rabbit hole researching the best products for infant care. By best I meant healthiest. I knew car seats, laundry detergents and other necessary items often contain toxins from fire retardants, fragrances and other chemicals. I knew before my obsessive pregnancy-driven research that I wanted to avoid plastics as well. For the first six months of my daughter’s life, I kept plastic out of her reach. She didn’t have any plastic toys until I broke my rule with a baby toy that I still think is really cool — the ...

COLUMN: Wren Baker unsure if there is an end in sight with Bob Huggins drama

August 26, 2023

MORGANTOWN -- After a summer filled with fireworks, it’s been too quiet lately, maybe eerily so, where it concerns the soap opera between Bob Huggins and WVU. It’s been more than a month now since we’ve seen any correspondence between Huggins’ lawyer, David Campbell, and WVU Vice ...

COLUMN: Only two moves left to be made to end conference realignment, both will be led by the SEC

August 5, 2023

MORGANTOWN -- By now you’re wondering what’s next? As in, what’s the next move in college conference realignment? The Big 12 made its move by adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah, a solid play by Big 12 commish Brett Yormark. The Big Ten followed by adding Oregon and ...

COLUMN: Now is not the time for Brett Yormark to get comfortable, rather he’s got to be more aggressive than everyone else

July 29, 2023

MORGANTOWN -- Brett Yormark’s, “Open for business” slogan he used in 2022 to describe the Big 12 was once met with a ton of optimism if not outright laughter. No one is laughing at the Big 12 now since the conference has brought back Colorado, bringing the league to a strong 13 teams ...

COLUMN: Bob Huggins’ errors loom large, but WVU added to the list of mistakes by pushing for a rapid resignation

July 11, 2023

MORGANTOWN — It has become crystal clear — through two rounds of letters between Bob Huggins’ attorney David Campbell and WVU — that on June 17, university officials were in hurry-up mode. As to why WVU was in a sprint rather than a marathon to get Bob Huggins’ resignation done ...

COLUMN: Bob Huggins resigned, but E. Gordon Gee and Wren Baker are responsible for messing up the finer details

July 9, 2023

MORGANTOWN -- Bob Huggins resigned from his position as WVU head men’s basketball coach on June 17, 2023. That is the university’s official stance, one that it can prove easier than you can prove what you had for breakfast this morning. It is not the position of Ohio-based attorney ...